Category Archive for: ‘Robots’
Hexbug Larva Comes Slithering Onto The Scene
The Hexbug Larva is the newest, most disturbing member of the Hexbug family. If you weren’t content with robotic ants, robotic caterpillars, robotic spiders, and robotic crabs, surely a robotic maggot will satisfy your sick and insatiable tastes. What makes the Hexbug Larva unique is its lack of legs – it inches its way rather quickly across a surface using only core muscle contractions. Also, it doesn’t need to hit something in order to turn around and change direction. The Hexbug …
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Mechatars Battling Robots Evolve In Both The Physical And Virtual Realms
The Mechatars Battling Robots are cool remote controlled creatures that evolve both in and out of the virtual world. You can battle your friends in the physical realm, or you can go online with your bot and take on strange middle aged men who live in California. When you fight a friend, either online or in the real world, your robot gains experience points and becomes more skilled. Speed, damage, defense, and other traits are taken into account. There are also attachable …
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Lego CubeStormer II Solves The Rubik’s Cube In Under 6 Seconds
The Lego CubeStormer II, the second generation of this NXT Mindstorm Robot, has shattered its record. While it had previously required around 10 seconds to solve a Rubik’s Cube, it now only needs 5.352 seconds to do the same thing. The CubeStormer II is powered by a program loaded onto a Samsung Galaxy S II, and the bot and program were both built by Mike Dobson and David Gilday. Evil scientists? Maybe not, but they can sure solve a Rubik’s …
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Desk Pets Tankbot: It May Be Better Than A Dog
If you are feeling a little lonely in the big city, but aren’t really sure whether you are ready to get a dog yet, then why not try getting a Desk Pets Tankbot first? Yes, Desk Pets has recently released a small four-wheeler pet called a Tankbot that fits onto the palm of your hand. It comes in four different colors, has various play modes and can also be controlled by an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, or an Android phone or …
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Panasonic Evolta Robot To Complete Iron Man Triathlon
Panasonic’s Evolta Robot, on October 23rd, will have one week to complete a 230 km Iron Man Triathlon in the beautiful state of Hawaii. The Evolta has, in past years, climbed the Grand Canyon, walked from Tokyo to Kyoto, and made me delicious waffles. Okay – the last one was my mom. MA! GIMME MORE SYRUP IN THE SQUIRTLE GLASS! *Scarfs down some dry waffles* Never mind, I’m done. I’ll be in the basement if you need me, I left my PayPerView …
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Robot Changing Into A Helicopter: Real Life Transformer
The researchers at the University of Minnesota from the Center of Distributed Robotics have tried to give wings to the dreams of many. Only a prototype for now, they have developed a miniature robot that travels on the ground, and within seconds can transform itself into a helicopter. The process is reversible and the conversion time for the robot changing into a helicopter is approximately 3 seconds. Robot Changing Into A Helicopter: The Technical Details This little rolling robot runs …
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Keepon Dancing Squishball Robot: Never Gonna Give You Up
No, I’m not going to Rick Roll you. I just want you to check out an article I wrote on the Keepon over at Autism Plugged In. This cool toy is a dancing robot that also has therapeutic value for kids with autism. Trust me, you’ll love the article. If you don’t, then you’ll love the video I put in the article to make it more interesting. Keepon Dancing Robot BUY My Keepon – Available October 24, 2011 Further Reading: Bilibo Imagination Toy …
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16 Mini Robot Companions That You’ll Fall In Love With
Over the years, the tech world has seen countless mini robots and tiny mechanical creatures. These are the 16 best tiny robot companions. Some are cheap, some are costly, all are cool. 16 Awesome Mini Robot Companions Walkie Bits Turtle Robots Hexbug Nano Robotic Creatures Seiko Epson Monsieur Robots Hexbug Crab Robotic Creature ThinkGeek Snowbot Hexbug Ant and Hexbug Inchworm CAM-10 Walking Robot Original Hexbugs Robot Pekoppa Plant Kilobots Flip Flap Rippletone Robo Vacum (Spelled Correctly) Tengu USB Robot …
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Explosions: Robotic Octopus Tentacle
The European Commission, for whatever reason, has decided that it wants a robotic octopus by 2013. The first step that the development group has taken to accomplish this objective is the creation of the robo-octopus tentacle, the covering of which is made of silicone. *Dives into pool* Something’s grabbing my leg! Oh, it’s just your life-size, mechanical, pet octopus – I was preparing to defeat an onslaught of killer seaweed with this katana I found in your house. KWA!! The …
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20 Foot Triceratops Robot For Sale
There is a 20 foot triceratops robot for sale, and it’s only $350,000! That means I’ll only have to live my life… 12 times before I can buy it! (I hope it doesn’t sell out before then.) This poor mechanical creature was basically dumped by its museum and left to be sold to some creep who collects giant dinosaur animatronics. The 20 foot triceratops robot packs two motion sensors in its eyes, which can be very helpful, and giant speakers that can …
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